In recent years, the most common kind of cybercrime has been phishing, a form of online fraud. In phishing, an attacker, masquerading as a trusted entity, dupes a victim into opening an email, instant message, or text, and then clicking a malicious link, triggering undesirable processes such as malware installation or a system freeze as part of a ransomware attack. Phishing attacks, which often evade spam filters and other cybersecurity tools, have resulted in billions of dollars of losses for individuals and organizations.
Cybercrime study shows users respond to phishing differently based on their device
